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Anxiety and Worry

Anxiety often doesn’t get taken as seriously as it should. If you experience a lot of anxiety you can probably attest to this. I was talking to a friend who suffered from anxiety.

“Everyone gets anxious,” he said. “That what’s everyone tells me. Last night the pizza guy knocked on my door and I felt like I might die. I knew it was probably the pizza guy. I had just ordered pizza. But I still thought I might die. That sounds crazy doesn’t it?”

While it is true that everyone gets anxious, it is not true that everyone experiences anxiety in the same way to the same degree. On the more intense end of the spectrum, anxiety can be a debilitating condition.

It is also surprisingly common. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America18% of the population suffers from an anxiety disorder. When it comes to anxiety, everyone seems to have ideas on how to "cure" it. These range from the well-meaning "just stop drinking coffee" to the "why don't you just get over it?" kind of comments. It generally isn't that simple. Counseling can be an excellent alternative, or adjunct, to medication when it comes to anxiety. Counseling's efficacy with anxiety has been well researched and documented. It has been described as a "first-line treatment" and has been shown to be highly effective for many types of anxiety in a multitude of peer reviewed studies. (Hunot, Churchhill, Texeira 2010; Stewart & Chambless 2009; Acarturk, Cuijpers, van Straten, & de Graaf 2009).